US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the ‘hands of a foreign actor’ were involved in an incident in which five men were arrested on suspected explosives and terrorism offences near a British airbase used by US forces to strike Iran.
British police declared a major incident at the RAF Fairford base in western England following the arrests early on Sunday, and the government held a national emergency meeting.
However the police released the five on bail on Monday, but said the investigation was not over and they were examining whether individuals acting for a foreign state were involved.
A source familiar with the situation told Reuters that three large white vans the men appeared to travel in had not contained viable explosives.
Counterterrorism police said yesterday extensive examinations of three white vans linked to the suspects had found no improvised explosive devices, although a quantity of petrol had been recovered.
Rubio, however, did not provide any evidence and did not give specific details.
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